Renominated Judicial Nominee Clears Senate Panel [William Myers]

Reuters ^ | March 17, 2005 | Thomas Ferraro

[West Coast Conservative]

William Myers on Thursday became the first of seven judicial nominees blocked by Democrats and renominated by President Bush to win the approval of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

On a party-line vote of 10-8, the panel sent the nomination of Myers back to the full Republican-led Senate for another chance to be confirmed to a seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Democrats say Myers has a long anti-environmental record, a position that Republicans dispute.

"The real battle will be on the floor," Chairman Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, said of the mounting showdown over renominated judicial candidates.

Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Myers could be "the trigger" for a Senate battle as early as next month.

"I'm saddened that the president felt it necessary to put a thumb in the eye of bipartisanship by renominating a handful of hard-right ideologues," Schumer said.

[airborne]

Screw bipartisanship!

[MplsSteve]

Schumer...what a fu**ing nosebleed!

By blocking Myers' vote in the previous Congress, it sounds to me like little Chuckie was the one sticking his thumb in the eye of bi-partisanship!

[conservativecorner]

Let's see if the leader of the senate has a set or not.

[caisson71]

Man, the 9th circus needs some serious fix'n.

[TWhiteBear]

Thanks for the post. It looks like the battle lines are set.
And the outlook for conservatives is good.
The Senate Democrats have lost the confrontations on the budget/taxes, and on ANWR. Close votes for sure, but very, very tough. Any Senate Republican that supported President Bush on those two votes, will have to consider voting for the traditional voting rules on the confirmations or risk the clear consequence of being supported by neither the Democrats(labor,enviros won't like him/her) nor the Republicans, who will be going after any defectors with a double Viagra passion.
The 51 votes for an up or down vote are there.
And that is all I ask, for the majority to be able to give consent, if that is their will, in the tradition of the last 200 years of constitutional government.